Meta Analysis on the Effect of Acupuncture for Peripheral Neuropathy of Type 2 Diabetes

Objective: Systematic evaluation of the effect of acupuncture treatment of type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) on the rate of conduction in the nerve of phophon nerve to provide clinical reference for acupuncture treatment of DPN. Method of collecting randomized controlled trials (RCT) on acupuncture therapy type 2 DPN from January 2000 to January 2014 by retrieving the Chinese Biomechanics Documentation Database (CBM), the Chinese Journal Full Text Database (CNKI), the Vip Journal Database (VIP), the Wanfang Database, PubMed, Springer, Medline Database Extraction of fibral nerve conduction Speed related information and methodological quality evaluation. Meta analysis using the RevMan 5.1 software. The results were included in 10 randomized controlled trials totaling 685 patients, with 355 cases in the treatment group and 330 cases in the control group. Meta analysis showed that acupuncture treatment type 2 DPN may be better than the control group in improving the photokinotor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and the sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV). The differences were statistically significant [MD= 3.55,95% CI (0.79,6.31); MD= 4.10,95% CI (0.22,631) 7.99)]. Conclusion Acupuncture treatment of type 2 DPN can improve the conduction speed of the fibula nerve and is worth clinical application. However, because the system evaluation is less integrated into research, small sample size and low quality, there is a high probability of bias, the above conclusions need to be confirmed by high-quality, large sample and multi-center randomized controlled trials.